ARTIST PROFILE

Eszter Sipos

  • Hungary (b. 1982 in Balassagyarmat)
  • Currently in Budapest, Hungary.
  • My artworks takes critical view of social, political and cultural issues. I often reflect on the recent Hungarian history and the Cold War – in relation with other Europian countries.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018

  • The **** Factory / Chapter 3 - together with Csaba Árpád Horváth, Liget Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2017

  • Be impossible, demand the real - together with Csaba Árpád Horváth, Part of Off-Biennale Budapest, Amatár, Budapest, Hungary.

2016

  • When Faith Hides You In Mountains, Labor Gallery , Budapest, Hungary.

2015

  • The invisible factory, New Hungarian Gallery, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

2013

  • GPS: 47.938147,19.586284 It recedes, as you imagine it , King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

  • Economize! On the Relationship of Art and Economy, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Proper Distance (Kellő Távolság), M21 Gallery, Pécs, Hungary.

2015

  • Creation-works , Budapest Gallery (Lajos Street), Budapest, Hungary.

2014

  • OUR HOLOCAUST- The third generation after the Holocaust, Studio Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2013

  • Fifth International Artists’ Book Exhibition , King St. Stephen Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

2012

  • The Budapest Phenomenon – Tendencies in contemporary Hungarian painting, Virág Judit Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.

2009

  • Real Fiction-Living in painting , ArtSeefeld Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland.

2008

  • STRABAG Painting Prize , Ludwig Museum , Budapest, Hungary.

2007

  • Essl Award for central and southeast Europe, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria.

LOCATION

  • Born 1982 in Balassagyarmat, Hungary.
  • Lives and works in Budapest, Hungary.

EDUCATION

  • 2015 - 2020
    Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts , Budapest, Hungary
    DLA Program (PHD Program for artists) in Socially Engaged Art
  • 2007 - 2007
    Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Semester in Painting and Printmaking
  • 2002 - 2007
    Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary
    Master of Fine Arts in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2014
    Smohay-Prize
    Smohay Foundation, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
  • 2011
    Derkovits Fellowship
    Hungarian Art Lectorate, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2010
    Derkovits Fellowship
    Hungarian Art Lectorate, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2009
    Derkovits Fellowship
    Hungarian Art Lectorate, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2008
    Painting Prize of STRABAG - working support
    STRABAG, Budapest, Hungary
  • 2007
    Essl Award - Special Prize
    Essl Foundation, Klosterneuburg, Austria
  • 2005
    Ludwig Prize
    Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, Austria